#47 Women With Influence: Carey Lohrenz

An episode of Fearfully and Wonderfully Me: Leadership & Life Skills for Women

Fearfully and Wonderfully Me is a podcast on real leadership and life skills designed to help you become the woman God created you to be - a woman with influence personally and professionally.

Leadership has several dimensions and the more effectively we can lead ourself, the easier it is to influence others. Ria Story focuses on helping you: maximize your potential in life and leadership; achieve goals personally and professionally; develop influence, communication, and leadership skills; and become the woman God created you to be.

In this episode, Ria shares the different types of responsibility we have as women with influence personally and professionally. As women with influence, we intentionally develop our character to be responsible for and to others, which in turn continues to develop our influence.

In this episode, Ria shares the power of a proactive response and how that increases our influence with others. Leaders MUST be proactive to increase their influence, and as women, we realize our greatest emotional freedom is to be proactive because circumstances can influence us but they don't have to determine us.

In this episode, Ria shares three tips on facing fear of change and how to overcome it. This episode is based on a chapter of a book she co-wrote with Mack Story, "Change Happens: Leading Yourself and Others through Change" which is available as e-book, audio-book and paperback.

In this episode, Ria shares thoughts on whether or not leadership can be learned or if it's something we either have - or don't. She shares some examples and teaches on some leadership qualities successful women leaders have.

In this episode, Ria talks about humility and how it takes a lot of humility to stop blaming someone or something else for why we are the person we are today. She shares how Joyce Meyer has been a great example of someone with humility and how powerful that has been in allowing her to be a voice for God.

In this episode on women with influence, Ria talks about the impact Anne Frank had, as well as her most insightful quote, and how her diary actually came to be found. This young girl had incredible maturity and insight and her words have touched millions all over the world - her diary has been translated into more than 60 languages.

In this episode, Ria shares how we can learn from the women who have had influence throughout the world and throughout history. She focuses on the impact Mother Teresa had and the character traits we can learn from her and apply to our own lives such as persistence, and positivity.

In this episode, part two of a three part series on resilience for women and leaders, Ria focuses on turning adversity into something positive by identifying the actions we should take - or the strategy we have for action and execution.

In this episode, Ria explains how resilience has three elements and she shares the first one - an internal locus of control. She explains what a locus of control is, and how we can use it to become more resilient.

In this episode, Ria shares her secret for end-of-year review to determine what habits or activities have served her well over the past year and determine what needs to be different next year to achieve goals. She shares the power of habits in our life and how we can intentionally create habits that serve us well.

In this episode, Ria talks about the trap of a victim mindset and gives an example of falling into that trap herself recently. She also shares how to move away from a victim mindset for emotional freedom.

In this episode, Ria shares how our character determines our influence and how it's determined by our decision to live out our values. She discusses how faith is not just a choice we make but a lifestyle others can see and how we treat others should be as Jesus would have us treat them.

In this episode, 7 of 7 in a series based on her new book ACHIEVE: Maximize Your Potential with 7 Keys to Unlock Success and Significance, Ria talks about how excellence allows us to shine as outstanding and how no one gets excited about average. We should give the extra inch to go the extra mile!
Each episode of the series focuses on a different "Key" to success in life and leadership.

In this episode, 6 of 7 in a series based on her new book ACHIEVE: Maximize Your Potential with 7 Keys to Unlock Success and Significance, Ria talks about how our personal vision gives us hope, clarity, and discipline to achieve.
Each episode of the series focuses on a different "Key" to success in life and leadership.

In this episode, 5 of 7 in a series based on her new book ACHIEVE: Maximize Your Potential with 7 Keys to Unlock Success and Significance, Ria talks about the sources of energy in our lives and how the foundation of success is based on our energy.
Each episode of the series focuses on a different "Key" to success in life and leadership.

In this episode, 4 of 7 in a series based on her new book ACHIEVE: Maximize Your Potential with 7 Keys to Unlock Success and Significance, Ria talks about the four components of integrity and how our character determines our integrity.
Each episode of the series focuses on a different "Key" to success in life and leadership.

In this episode, 3 of 7 in a series based on her new book ACHIEVE: Maximize Your Potential with 7 Keys to Unlock Success and Significance, Ria talks about the different components of humility and how humility determines success and influence. She shares a personal story of being afraid to try because of the risk of failure.
Each episode of the series focuses on a different "Key" to success in life and leadership.

In this episode, 2 of 7 in a series based on her new book ACHIEVE: Maximize Your Potential with 7 Keys to Unlock Success and Significance, Ria talks about how choices define us today, tomorrow and in the future. She shares some ideas and thoughts on how to make better choices, create better habits, and make more intentional choices that allow us to create the life we want.
Each episode of the series focuses on a different "Key" to success in life and leadership.

In this episode, 1 of 7 in a series based on her new book ACHIEVE: Maximize Your Potential with 7 Keys to Unlock Success and Significance, Ria talks about how important attitude is and three ways we can shift to a more positive attitude. Each episode of the series focuses on a different "Key" to success in life and leadership.

Our influence with others is based on the relationship we have. And, our ability to have a "Critical Conversation" determines our influence in the situation. In this episode, Ria covers the elements that make a conversation critical and she shares what we can do to help successfully resolve the conversation or situation and therefore increase our influence personally and professionally.

In this episode, inspired by Romans 8:28, Ria points out how God creates the miracles in our lives, instead of mistakes. She shares a powerful example of how even the little problems in life can be used for our good when we love God.

In this episode, Ria shares thoughts on how we cannot selectively numb bad emotions or painful emotions without also numbing good and positive ones. We must identify the choices we are making because we are trying to numb something, and then identify why we are doing it, in order to overcome it and live more abundantly.

In this episode, Ria shares how our mind is a battlefield where we fight the battle to become resilient through three distinct phases. She also shares three practical tips on moving from emotional captivity to conquest!

In this episode on self-awareness, Ria shares the key to emotional freedom and how what's happening in our circumstances doesn't have to determine how much joy we have in life. We are able to rise above anything when we choose a proactive response.

In this episode, Ria shares why it's important to be intentional about developing ourselves and some ideas on how to go about it. She also shares how developing ourselves can help us be more successful personally and professionally because it helps us raise our level of awareness and help us think differently.

In this episode, Ria shares how our words can be powerful and we should choose them carefully, especially when mad, upset, or angry. She also shares three tips on moving forward when something you have said creates a rift in a relationship.

Based on a chapter from her book, Straight Talk: The Power of Effective Communication, (available on Amazon and Audible) Ria shares her 8 tips to remembering - and using - the names of people you meet so you can increase your influence and your connection with them. She also shares a tip on introducing yourself in a way that will make YOUR name more memorable.

In this episode, Ria shares the story of Erik Weihenmayer. Eric became completely blind by the time he was 13 but he didn't let it stop him from going on to climb the world's biggest mountain summits - blind. Ria points out how freedom is a state of mind, regardless of how good or bad our circumstances appear.

In this episode, Ria shares how relationships determine both energy and direction. She shares a brief exercise that will help you clarify how relationships in your life are influencing you. This lesson is based on a chapter from Ria's new book, ACHIEVE: Maximize Your Potential with 7 Keys to Unlock Success and Significance (releasing September, 2018).

In this episode, Ria shares what the essence of self-leadership is. Increased effectiveness leading ourselves allows us to be more effective in leading others. Self-worth stems from self-responsibility, and we must steward well what we've been given.

In this short episode, Ria shares how failure can often be the stepping stone to overcome the next challenge and how we must intentionally equip ourselves with personal growth development in order to better meet the challenges of life.